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and use the following wasli ; Tincture of opium, six 

 drachms, tinctm-e of aconite, two drachms, rain water, one 

 pint ; mix all together and bathe the eye three times a 

 day ; or use belladonna one ounce, rain water, one pint ; 

 mix and bathe the same. 



Specific Ophthalmia. — Give in the feed, night and 

 morning, cplchicum root, pulverized, one ounce, linseed 

 meal, two ounces; mix and divide into twenty powders. 

 Bathe the eye with the following ; Belladonna, one ounce, 

 rain water, one pint; or, nitrate of silver, eight grains, dis- 

 tilled water, four ounces, mix; or, sulphate of zinc one-half 

 drachm, diaceate of lead, one drachm, water, one and one- 

 half pint ; or, take a piece of sulphate of copper (blue 

 stone), shave it thin and smooth, and pass it carefully 

 between the eyelid and the eyeball twice a day until the eye 

 is cleared up. 



For Fermenting Swollen or Stocked Legs. — 

 Procure one pound of smartweed, place the same in an eight 

 gallon kettle — add four gallons of soft water, place over a 

 slow fire and boil down to two gallons, strain the solution 

 into another iron or tin vessel ; get one pound of alum, place 

 in a mortar and pulverize fine ; sift the alum into the liquid, 

 again place over the fire and stir until well dissolved. Now 

 wind the limb tight with a hay rope, pour one pint of the 

 solution in at the top of the bandage when blood warm ; 

 repeat every hour for forty-eight hours. This is the best 

 fomentation used ; it will remove all inflammation and 

 swelling'' in two days. If there is a cut or wound, after fo- 

 menting, apply blue ointment No. 3 until healed. In case 

 of strain or bruise apply a general liniment. 



Blue Ointment. — Take half an ounce of verdigris, one 



